MindMeister is a mind-mapping/brainstorming tool that uses lines and nodes to organize information. It allows the user to enter and rearrange ideas, add notes, create links and add images. The format is a "spider-web" type of concept map.
Hot potatoes is a tool for constucting tests and quizzes. Some of the examples show promise for test review and/or note taking. They include gap-fill with both drop down menus or simply blanks with a hint button, crossword puzzles, multiple choice, jumbled sentences, matching, etc. The matching might be useful for word recognition in the younger years - it involves matching a word with a picture of the item.
http://www.mindmeister.com/
Hot potatoes is a tool for constucting tests and quizzes. Some of the examples show promise for test review and/or note taking. They include gap-fill with both drop down menus or simply blanks with a hint button, crossword puzzles, multiple choice, jumbled sentences, matching, etc. The matching might be useful for word recognition in the younger years - it involves matching a word with a picture of the item.
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/wintutor6/index.htm